The Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH) is a major Australian teaching hospital of the University of Queensland, located in Brisbane, Queensland. It is a tertiary level teaching hospital with all major medical and surgical specialities onsite except for obstetrics, gynaecology and paediatrics. It has a catchment population of 1.6 million people with 780 beds and 5,800 full-time equivalent staff. In 2005, the hospital received Magnet Recognition.
TheQueen Elizabeth Hospital (TQEH) is an acute care teaching hospital in the western suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia. It provides a range of health services, including inpatient, outpatient, surgical, emergency and mental health services.
Dr Henry 'Harry' Windsor was an Irish-born Australian cardiac surgeon. He trained at Queensland University and then the University of Sydney, gaining second-class honours in medicine and graduating in 1939 with a Bachelor of Medicine.
Ainslie Glenister Ross Sheil was a rugby union player who represented Australia.
The PA Research Foundation (PARF) is an Australian Non for Profit Organisation that raises funds for lifesaving research to develop better diagnoses, treatments and preventions for some of Australia’s biggest health challenges.
Medanta is a multi-specialty medical institute located in Gurgaon in the National Capital Region of India. It was established in 2009, with cardiac surgeon, Naresh Trehan.
Gerard Sutton is an Australian ophthalmic surgeon and ophthalmologist in Australia and New Zealand. His specialty is laser vision correction, cataract and lens surgery, and corneal transplantation.
Prof (Dr) Subhash Gupta is the Chief liver transplant/hepato-pancreato-biliary surgeon and the Chairman of the Max Center of Liver and Biliary Sciences at Max Super Speciality Hospital, Saket.
Elizabeth Powell is an Australian scientist who, in collaboration with her colleagues, established an internationally recognised liver research group, which is making significant contributions to the study of liver disease.
The Translational Research Institute (TRI) is Australia’s first translational medical research institute dedicated to translating scientific discoveries into applications for medical practice.
Ned Abraham is an Associate Professor of surgery at the Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales a general & colorectal surgeon, a clinical academic and a retired Australian Army Reserve Officer. He has spoken at multiple national and international meetings in four continents and his published articles in general, colorectal and academic surgery have been cited in the medical literature over a thousand times. He continues to practice and teach surgery in Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia.
Kumud Dhital is a Nepalese cardiothoracic specialist and transplant surgeon at St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia. In fall 2014, Dhital was part of the surgical team who completed the world's first “dead heart” transplant. A “dead heart” is a heart donated after circulatory death (DCD), where the heart has stopped beating. As of 24 October 2014, 3 patients had received DCD heart transplants. It helps to buy certain time(3 to 6 hrs) for the dead heart to transplant in a receiver.
Isobel Mary "Pixie" Annat is a former Australian hospital matron, administrator and office bearer of the Royal Australian Nursing Federation (RANF).
Brisbane Diamantina Health Partners (BDHP) is the first Advanced Health Research Translation Centre in Queensland, Australia. The organisation’s purpose is to strengthen the linkages between healthcare, research and education in order to deliver better health outcomes for the community. By encouraging and supporting collaboration, BDHP assists the translation and integration of cutting-edge research and innovation into healthcare delivery.
Earl Ronald Owen AO was an Australian microsurgeon and classical music specialist who led or assisted in many pioneering achievements in the field of microsurgery, including many "world firsts", such as the world's first finger reattachment, vasectomy reversal, fallopian tubal ligation, hand transplant, double-hand transplant and face transplant.
The Myanmar Eye Care Project (MECP) is focused on improving the delivery of critical eye care services to at-risk populations in Myanmar. Founded in 2002 and staffed entirely by ophthalmologists, it aims to end blindness in Myanmar. Myanmar is one of the poorest countries in Southeast Asia and has the highest rate of blindness in the world. Working with partners and a network of providers, MECP operates clinics that provide routine eye care, acute treatment, and surgeries to Myanmar’s poor rural populations. MECP also builds eye care infrastructure in rural communities, trains indigenous physicians and nursing staff, and provides equipment.
Franz Konrad Saddler Hirschfeld CBE (1904-1987) was an Australian medical practitioner and surgeon. He pioneered thoracic surgeries in Australia. He became a university academic, administrator and medical historian.
